Inaugurated Resurrection in Earliest Christianity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayter, Daniel W., author.

Series:

The Library of New Testament Studies.

The Library of New Testament Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology--Biblical teaching.

Eschatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2025.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

This volume focuses on the concept of 'inaugurated resurrection' within earliest Christianity, and argues that a present resurrection with Christ is already discernible in Paul's own writings, in large part due to the influence of Scripture.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. The Question of Inaugurated Resurrection

1.2. Inaugurated Resurrection in Modern Scholarship

1.2.1. Inaugurated Resurrection as an Early Pauline Belief

1.2.2. Inaugurated Resurrection as a pre-Pauline View which Paul Rejects

1.2.3. Inaugurated Resurrection as a Deutero-Pauline Development: Alexander Wedderburn

1.2.4. After Wedderburn: The Question of the Origins of Inaugurated Resurrection

1.2.5. John Yates and the Spirit of Life

1.3. Moving Forward

1.4. Outline of this Study

Chapter 2. The Approach of this Study

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Echoes, Allusions and the Mind of the Author

2.3. Beyond the Explicit Text

2.3.1. Metalepsis

2.3.2. Allusions to Matrices of Texts and Traditions

2.3.3. Conclusion: Beyond the Explicit Text

2.4. Tests for Identifying Allusions and Echoes

2.5. Summary and Approach of the Study

Chapter 3. The Influence of Ezekiel 36-37 in Early Judaism

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Ezekiel 36-37 in Context

3.2.1. Some Preliminary Text-Critical Questions

3.2.2. The Message of Ezekiel 34-37

3.2.3. The Use of רוח in Ezekiel

3.2.4. Ezekiel 36-37

3.2.5. Conclusion

3.2.6. Excursus: Ezekiel 34-37 and Jeremiah 31

3.3. Reception of Ezekiel 36-37 in Early Judaism

3.3.1. Septuagint

3.3.2. Dead Sea Scrolls

3.3.3. Other Early Jewish Texts

3.4. Conclusion

Chapter 4. Ezekiel 36-37 in Pauline Literature

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Ezekiel in the New Testament

4.3. Ezekiel 36-37 in Paul's Letters

4.3.1. Paul's Familiarity with Ezekiel

4.3.2. 2 Corinthians 2-7

4.3.3. 1 Corinthians

4.3.4. Romans 7-8

4.3.5. 1 Thessalonians

4.3.6. Galatians

4.3.7. Ephesians 2

4.4. Conclusion: Ezekiel 36-37 in Pauline Literature.

Chapter 5. Inaugurated Resurrection in Romans 6

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Paul's Language of Resurrection

5.2.1. Vocabulary Used to Refer to Jesus' Resurrection or Resurrected Life

5.2.2. Vocabulary Used to Refer to Believers' Resurrection

5.2.3. Ezekiel 37.1-14 and the Question of Resurrection-Language

5.3. Christ's Resurrection and Salvation in the Present

5.4. Romans 6.1-14 and Inaugurated Resurrection

5.4.1. Text and Translation

5.4.2. An Overview of Romans 6.1-14

5.4.3. A Common Tradition?

5.4.4. Exegesis of Key Phrases

5.5. Concluding Thoughts: What is the Nature of this Present Life?

Chapter 6. Inaugurated Resurrection in Colossians and Ephesians

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Colossians

6.2.1. Inaugurated Resurrection in Colossians 2.11-13

6.2.2. Resurrection Ethics in Colossians 3.1-4

6.2.3. Conclusion

6.3. Ephesians 5.14b

6.3.1. A Baptismal Hymn?

6.3.2. Realised or Inaugurated?

6.3.3. Conclusion

6.4. Conclusion and Implications for Authorship

Chapter 7. Baptism, Body and Resurrection

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Baptism and Inaugurated Resurrection

7.2.1. The Symbolism of Burial and Resurrection in Baptism

7.2.2. Baptism and the Gift of the Spirit

7.2.3. Conclusion: Baptism and Inaugurated Resurrection

7.3. Body, Church, Baptism and Resurrection

7.4. Conclusion

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Implications

8.1. Summary

8.2. Implications and Further Research

8.2.1. Did this Belief Originate with Paul?

8.2.2. The Authorship of Colossians and Ephesians

8.2.3. Ezekiel 37 and Later Christian Writers

8.3. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of References

Index of Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-567-71973-1

0-567-71972-3

OCLC:

1534804454